Walk Off the Weight with a Kettlebell!

It may sound like a walk in the park, but don't be fooled—the kettlebell lateral walk will chisel your core and torch belly fat.

“Adding resistance to a simple movement—even one as basic as stepping side to side— can recruit your core, strengthening your torso, hips, and shoulders," says Todd Durkin, C.S.C.S., mastermind behind the exercise and a Men's Health fitness advisor. That’s because “racking” a pair of kettlebells at shoulder level—as you do in this exercise—challenges your midsection to stay perfectly upright while your lower-body travels laterally.

Plus, just moving in a different plane of motion can make a big difference to the speed of your metabolism, says Durkin. You already know how to move forward in a linear direction at a steady pace. (Think: walking and running.) But this exercise isn't so straightforward. That means you'll work your glutes—your body’s biggest muscle group—in a whole new way, stimulating muscle growth and turbocharging your metabolism. (To build your lower half even more, check out this Quads-Sculpting Workout.)

Watch this video to learn how to do the kettlebell lateral walk with perfect form. Try using the movement as one of your exercises in a total-body circuit. Each set, take 15 steps to your left, and then 15 steps to your right.

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